THE BEST WAY IS TO GAUGE HOW YOU
FEEL WHILE MOVING.
IF YOU HAVE A GOOD QUESTION FOR
HEATHER, SEND US AN E-MAIL.
IT WAS NOT LONG AFTER THE
CRAFT BEER MOVEMENT RAMPED UP
THAT WE START TO SEE MORE HARD
CIDER.
WE WANT TO
SHOW YOU AN ORCHARD IN WEBSTER.
HARD CIDER WAS JUST
EXPERIMENTAL AT FIRST.
I TRAVEL TO AN ORCHARD TO CHECK
THINGS OUT.
THIS IS A WONDERFUL OFFICE.
IT IS INTERESTING HOW A LOT
OF US FIND OUR PLACE IN LIFE.
MY TEACHER, SHE AND HER
HUSBAND OWNED AN ORCHARD.
IT IS HARD NOT TO THINK THAT
SOMETHING OR SOMEONE WAS
GUIDING THIS PAIR OF CITY KIDS.
MY HUSBAND HAS A BACKGROUND
IN CHEMISTRY. HE WAS
THINKING ABOUT TEACHING
CHEMISTRY AT THE COMMUNITY
COLLEGE LEVEL.
MIKE DID CHEMISTRY, GRETCHEN
DID TECHNOLOGY, THEY HAD A
MUTUAL FONDNESS FOR HARD CIDER
AND IT WAS KEY TO THEIR FUTURE.
WE WERE MAKING HARD CIDER
BEFORE WE EVEN MOVED HERE.
THEY HAD A KNACK FOR MAKING
CIDER AND THEY REALIZED THIS AS
THE CIDER CRAZE CAME ACROSS THE
POND AND MADE A SPLASH IN THE
UNITED STATES.
DOES HIS BACKGROUND HELP?
IMMENSELY.
AS A CHEMISTRY MAJOR,
DEFINITELY.
MONITORING FERMENTATION AND
PITCHING USED,, SECOND NATURE
FOR US NOW.
MATTHEW AWARDED THEM BEST
CIDER IN MINNESOTA.
TART, SWEET, TASTY.
NOW THEY FEATURE AN ARRAY OF
HARD CIDER, NOT EVERY RECIPE
MAKES THE CUT.
WE WOULD TAKE A SINGLE APPLE
AND JUICE IT AND WE WOULD TASTE
THEM AND A LOT OF IT WAS BAD.
EXPERIMENTATION PAID OFF.
THE GOOD
HEARTS ARE - - THE GOOD HARD
CIDER'S WERE NOT ALONE - - THEY
WERE NOT
AROUND LONG.
WE SOLD OUT IN THREE DAYS
TIME.
WE
REALIZED IT WAS REALLY A THING
AND WE MAY HAVE TO SCALE OUR
PLANS.
THEY HAVE SCALED UP
PRODUCTION. AND THEY MAINTAIN
SIMPLISTIC BEAUTY AND CHARM.
THEY KNOW WHAT FATE BROUGHT THEM
HERE.
PEOPLE TASTE APPLES AND
CIDER, THEY TAKE A WALK IN THE
ORCHARD AND PACK A PICNIC.
WE LIKE TO MAKE IT NICE AND
RELAXING FOR PEOPLE OUT IN THE
COUNTRY.
CHEERS TO THAT.
IT IS GOOD, THAT IS REALLY
NICE AND DRY.
I HAVE TO WATCH OUT BECAUSE I
AM DOING THE 10:00 NEWS
TONIGHT.
STAY TUNED.
I AM GRETCHEN.
WE MAKE THE BEST HARD CIDER IN
MINNESOTA!
[ CHEERING & APPLAUSE ]
WE HAD TO TWIST HER ARM.
SHE IS SO HUMBLE.
THE PRODUCT IS VERY GOOD.
YOU CAN FIND THEM IN SELECT
LIQUOR STORES. THEY HAVE
SWEETER ONES AND THEY HAVE ALL
DIFFERENT KINDS.
THE
ONE I TRIED WAS DRY.
THE ONE THAT MATTHEW DID IS
NONALCOHOLIC.
AND I DID A LITTLE LOOP LAST
NIGHT.
IT WAS DELICIOUS.
THEY HAVE THE APPLE ORCHARD.
YOU CANNOT PICK APPLES, BUT YOU
CAN HANG OUT AND TEST SIDERS.
A GREAT EXPERIENCE OVER A GREAT
WEEKEND TO DO IT.
WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO
YOUR VOTE FOR THE NEXT WEEK.